Lashkar Gah, in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, is under siege.
As the withdrawal of U.S troops from the country got underway, the Taliban launched an offensive on the city.
Now, a motley crew of soldiers is the government’s last line of defense.
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As the withdrawal of U.S troops from the country got underway, the Taliban launched an offensive on the city.
Now, a motley crew of soldiers is the government’s last line of defense.
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“There has been fighting day and night,” said Corporal Hamza, an Afghan border force soldier who was compelled to hold his position after the police and local militias fled.
He carries ammunition for his U.S.-supplied rifle over an “I Heart Kabul” T-shirt.nyti.ms/33Dz3cy
He carries ammunition for his U.S.-supplied rifle over an “I Heart Kabul” T-shirt.nyti.ms/33Dz3cy
Capt. Shir Agha Safi, an intelligence officer who moves around Helmand Province, had not yet come to terms with the planned U.S. departure.
“They won’t leave us,” he said, convinced that the withdrawal was not really happening.
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“They won’t leave us,” he said, convinced that the withdrawal was not really happening.
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At 28, Captain Safi had been in the military for 11 years.
“It has been a tough decade,” he said, as the smoke from a nearby airstrike drifted into the air.
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“It has been a tough decade,” he said, as the smoke from a nearby airstrike drifted into the air.
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Read more about the soldiers defending Lashkar Gah and the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan in this dispatch from @Tmgneff.
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